Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 755-762 , May 2008

Optical performance of monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses in the human eye

,Accepted 12 December 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported in part by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación en Oftalmología, Subproyecto de Cirugía Refractíva y Calidad Visual (C03/13).

PII: S0886-3350(08)00162-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.12.038

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 755-762 , May 2008